private void showPopUp(View v) {

                LinearLayout layout = new LinearLayout(this);

                layout.setBackgroundColor(Color.GRAY);

                TextView tv = new TextView(this);

                tv.setLayoutParams(new LayoutParams(LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));

                tv.setText("I'm a pop -----------------------------!");

                tv.setTextColor(Color.WHITE);

                layout.addView(tv);

                popupWindow = new PopupWindow(layout,,);

                popupWindow.setFocusable(true);

                popupWindow.setOutsideTouchable(true);

                popupWindow.setBackgroundDrawable(new BitmapDrawable());

                int[] location = new int[];

                v.getLocationOnScreen(location);

                popupWindow.showAtLocation(v, Gravity.NO_GRAVITY, location[], location[]-popupWindow.getHeight());

        }

popupWindow.showAsDropDown(v);

int[] location = new int[];

v.getLocationOnScreen(location);

popupWindow.showAtLocation(v, Gravity.TOP, ,location[]+v.getHeight());

popupWindow.showAtLocation(v, Gravity.NO_GRAVITY, location[]-popupWindow.getWidth(), location[]);

popupWindow.showAtLocation(v, Gravity.NO_GRAVITY, location[]+v.getWidth(), location[]);